Beef on dairy

April 2023

Beef on dairy

Synetics: One of the biggest, and certainly one of the most diverse BOD lineups

With over eight million doses of semen sold, of which three million went to the international market, the German-French breeding program of Synetics counts as one of the biggest players...

March 2023

Management

Beef-On-Dairy: Semex Breeds a Nr.1 Indexing Beef Bull from Their Internal Program

Semex offers it’s popular Elevate genomic testing program to help dairy producers choose the females to breed with sexed semen to produce herd replacements, diverting other females to be bred...

February 2023

Management

Van de Plashoeve: Source of Dutch Blue for Beef-on-Dairy

With 45 active AI sires at thirteen different breeding companies in their homeland and abroad, Morsink Dutch Blue is a significant source for the Beef-on-Dairy sector. For more than twenty...

December 2022

Management

The French Breed INRA-95 was Produced Specifically for Use on Dairy Cows

Good early growth, extra muscularity in the hindquarter, and smaller calves to promote calving-ease; the breeding goals for the INRA-95 have been clear right from the start. This is one...

October 2022

Management

Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Swissgenetics

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed...

September 2022

Management

Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Masterrind

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed...

August 2022

Management

Beef-On-Dairy: Growing Interest in Angus Genetics

Angus has become the dominant breed in a number of major beef-producing countries around the globe. Effective marketing and breed improvement programs have helped to grow market share. Now that...

July 2022

Management

Beef-on-Dairy at Cogent: Strategic Use of Male Sexed Beef Semen

‘By the end of 2022 we expect figures to show that over 60% of beef produced in the UK comes from dairy herds,’ explains Cogent beef program manager Boomer Birch....

May 2022

Management

Beef-on-Dairy Programs: AI Kampen & Dunmasc Genetics.

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed...

April 2022

Management

Beef-On-Dairy at Select Sires: The New BART Program to Produce Bulls for Use on Dairy Cows

Beef semen sales in the US reached a record 8.7 million units in 2021, up 21% from the previous year. Indeed, 10 years earlier only 1.3 million units sold and...

March 2022

Management

Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Agri-Gene & RUW

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed...

December 2021

Management

Beef-on-Dairy Programs: Intermizoo & KI Samen

The surge in use of beef bulls on lower genetic merit dairy cows continues to grow, and part of the evolution in this market is the use of male sexed...